Jennifer Botterill OM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | May 1, 1979||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 153 lb (69 kg; 10 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shot | Left | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Played for | Harvard University Mississauga Aeros Mississauga Chiefs Toronto CWHL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 1997–2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | Official Site | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jennifer Botterill OM (born May 1, 1979) is a Canadian former women's hockey player and current hockey broadcast television analyst who played for Harvard University, the Canadian national team, the Mississauga Chiefs, and the Toronto Aeros. She entered the ice hockey world after starting in the sport of ringette.
During her ice hockey career as a player, Botterill assisted on the game-winning goal in her final international game, Canada's 2–0 win over the United States for the gold medal in the 2010 Winter Olympics. She serves as a studio analyst for Sportsnet and Hockey Night in Canada telecasts in Canada and as a color commentator and studio analyst for TNT in the United States.
Botterill was born to Doreen McCannell and Cal Botterill. Her mother, Doreen, competed in the 1964 and 1968 Winter Olympics for Canada in speed skating. Her father, Cal, is a sports psychologist who has advised NHL teams and works with Canadian Olympic athletes. Botterill's brother, Jason Botterill, played hockey and managed the Buffalo Sabres. [1]
She was raised by her family in Winnipeg, Manitoba. [2] In high school, she attended the National Sport School. [3] Botterill eventually graduated with Honours from St. John's-Ravenscourt School in Winnipeg. [4]
Botterill graduated from Harvard University in 2003 with a B.A. Psychology (with Honors). On May 5, 2012, she married hockey coach Adrian Lomonaco, and is a coach at the Toronto Hockey School. [5]
Botterill grew up playing ringette in Canada. As a teenager she competed in the sport for Team Manitoba in Grande Prairie, Alberta, at the 1995 Canada Winter Games, a national multi-sport competition for elite, Canadian amateur athletes. [6] [7] [8]
Botterill attended Harvard University and played for the Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey program from 1998 to 2003. Harvard and several media outlets recognize Botterill as U.S. college ice hockey's career scoring leader (149 goals, 170 assists, 319 points). [9] [10] [11] The NCAA does not recognize her record because women's hockey was not an NCAA-sanctioned sport in Botterill's first two college seasons. [12] She scored at least one point in 112 of her 113 career college games (including a streak of 80 consecutive games). She was the first player to win the Patty Kazmaier Award twice as the top player in U.S. women's college hockey. Botterill set an NCAA record (since tied) for most points in one game with 10. This was accomplished on January 28, 2003 versus Boston College. [13]
Botterill played for the Mississauga Chiefs and Toronto Furies of the Canadian Women's Hockey League. In 2007–08, she won the Angela James Bowl after winning the league scoring title with 61 points. [14] She was voted the CWHL Top Forward and a CWHL Central All-Star; she won CWHL Top Scorer of the Month honours in February. In 2008-09, she was a CWHL First Team All-Star.
Botterill retired after the 2010-11 season. Her final game was the 2011 Clarkson Cup final, a 5–0 loss to the Montreal Stars. Despite playing just three seasons in the four-year-old CWHL, she retired as the league's second-best scorer with 160 points (in 79 games from 2007-08 to 2010-11). After winning the Angela James Bowl in 2007-08, she finished third in the league scoring race in both 2008-09 and 2010-11.
She won the silver medal in the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano in 1998 as the youngest player on the Canadian team. [15] Later, she won the gold medal in the 2002 games in Salt Lake City, Utah, at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, and at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, playing forward. Botterill announced her retirement, on March 14, 2011. [16] Her last appearance with Team Canada was on February 25, 2010 at the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver. Her final point was also on February 25 when, she assisted Marie-Philip Poulin on the gold medal-winning goal. [17]
1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007 World Champion
2005, 2008, 2009 Silver Medallist
Career statistics are from USCHO.com, or Eliteprospects.com or the Team Canada Media Guide for 2009-10. [18]
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1998–99 | Harvard University | AWCHA | 28 | 37 | 51 | 88 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1999–00 | Harvard University | AWCHA | 23 | 31 | 31 | 62 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2000–01 | Harvard University | ECAC Hockey | 30 | 42 | 36 | 78 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2002–03 | Harvard University | ECAC Hockey | 32 | 47 | 65 | 112 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2003–04 | Toronto Aeros | NWHL | 36 | 30 | 31 | 61 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
2004–05 | Toronto Aeros | NWHL | 29 | 22 | 33 | 55 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | ||
2006–07 | Mississauga Aeros | NWHL | 21 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2007–08 | Mississauga Chiefs | CWHL | 25 | 22 | 34 | 56 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | ||
2008–09 | Mississauga Chiefs | CWHL | 28 | 25 | 30 | 55 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2010–11 | Toronto CWHL | CWHL | 25 | 14 | 30 | 44 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||
CWHL totals | 78 | 61 | 94 | 155 | 64 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 1 |
Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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1997 | Canada | 3 Nations Cup | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
1998 | Canada | OG | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1998 | Canada U22 | Xmas | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
1999 | Canada | WC | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
1999 | Canada | 3 Nations Cup | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | ||
2000 | Canada | WC | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | ||
2000 | Canada | 4 Nations Cup | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | ||
2001 | Canada | WC | 5 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 4 | ||
2001 | Canada | 3 Nations Cup | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
2002 | Canada | OG | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | ||
2003 | Canada | 4 Nations Cup | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
2004 | Canada | WC | 5 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0 | ||
2005 | Canada | WC | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | ||
2005 | Canada | 4 Nations Cup | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
2005 | Canada | Torino Ice | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||
2006 | Canada | OG | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | ||
2006 | Canada | 4 Nations Cup | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | ||
2007 | Canada | WC | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
2007 | Canada | 4 Nations Cup | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | ||
2008 | Canada | WC | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | ||
2008 | Canada | 4 Nations Cup | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
2009 | Canada | WC | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | ||
U22 totals | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||||
Senior totals | 92 | 49 | 68 | 117 | 48 |
2006 Order of Manitoba [19]
2001–02 and 2002–03 Winner of the Patty Kazmaier Award for the top female college ice hockey player in the United States. Only two-time winner of the Award [20]
2001 Female Athlete of the Year Award – Awarded by the Province of Manitoba (Botterill's mother, Doreen McCannell won the same award 36 years before)
1999 American Women's College Hockey Alliance Women's Ice Hockey Champion
1999 American Women's College Hockey Alliance All-Americans, First Team [21]
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